The Democratic Club of the Conejo Valley will have a forum on the water crisis at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Songbird Center, 3327 Old Conejo Road.

Social networking will start at 6:30 p.m., with the meeting at 7 p.m.

The forum will explore water conservation, purity, recycling and supply.

Panelists will include Susan Mulligan, general manager of the Calleguas Municipal Water District; Conner Everts, executive director of the Southern California Watershed Alliance; and Janna Orkney, a board member of the Triunfo Sanitation District.

There will be a beginners bird walk Feb. 13. Call Angie Kobabe at 818-991-4055 between 9 a.m. and 10 p.m. by Monday to reserve a spot.

A trip to Lake Casitas is planned Feb. 15. Guests may meet outside the entrance to Lake Casitas at 8 a.m. The group will look for bald eagles, gold-crowned sparrows and Lewis’s woodpeckers, among other birds. Call trip leader Carol Langford at 360-742-6059 for more information.

The society will visit Lake Los Carneros on Feb. 19. The group will look for waterfowl, finches, sparrows and chaparral species. If time allows, the group may stop at the Andrea Clark Bird Refuge in Santa Barbara on the return trip. Guests may meet and carpool at the Ventura Park and Ride, 6175 Ventura Blvd., at 7:30 a.m. or meet at Lake Carneros by 8:30 a.m. Trip leader Michelle Townsley may be reached at 340-6102.